I walked into my room and kicked aside a pile of clothes so that Miranda
could actually walk in my room and find somewhere to sit.
"Just pick it up and throw it." I told her as I made it to my bed.
"What happened in here exactly?" she asked as she picked up a crumpled sweatshirt from the floor and held it between her fore finger and thumb and waving her free hand back and forth in front of her nose. I walked over and snatched it from her hand and tossed it over to the area where my laundry hamper used to be.I think it drowned in clothes.
"I um. Well I was trying to decide what to wear today. Let's just say it took me a while."
"No kidding," She said as she sat down on my desk chair. "So! The dance. Two days away! What are we going to wear?!" she said in a chipper voice.
"Dunno. I don't really have anything new.I'll have to mix and match." I said, pouring through the few clothes that were still on hangers in my closet.
"Or," she said, digging in her purse "We could go shopping!" she said producing a hand full of money.
"Where'd you get that?" I asked, astonished, looking at the wad of bills still in her hand.
"Early birthday present from my Nana in Mexico." She said shrugging.
"Cool!" I said. "Do you want to go now?" I asked looking at my watch.
"Do you have to ask?" she said leaping up from my bed.
"Wanna ask Gordo if he wants to come?"
"Sure, and if he says no tell him there are Curly Fries involved." She said grinning at me.
I picked up my phone and dialled his number.
"Hello?" I heard Mr Gordon's voice answer.
"Oh hi Mr Gordon. Can I speak to Gordo for a minute please? It's Lizzie."
"Oh hello Lizzie. Hang on a second and I'll get him for you."
"Thank you."
I waited for a few seconds and suddenly I heard some yelling in the background.
"No! That's it! I've had enough! Let go of me."
Then I heard a door slam. That's not the normal sort of noise you hear coming from the Gordon household. Then Gordo picked up a few seconds after that.
"Hey Lizzie, now's not really a good time. I-"
"Gordo? What's going on, I heard yelling? Is everything ok?"
Um Lizzie what do you want? I can't talk long."
"Oh, Miranda and I wanted to know if you wanted to come shopping with us. And a stop at the Digital Bean would be mandatory, don't worry. Curly Fries.you know."
"Right. When? Now?"
"Well, yeah, soon as possible I guess." He said. I could tell he had his mind on other things.
"Ok, I'll meet you there in 20 minutes? Bye."
"Ok see you-"
I stared at the phone receiver in my hand. Miranda walked over to me and frowned at me. "Everything ok?"
"He hung up on me. I heard yelling 'Randa. I think something's up."
"Well I'm sure Gordo will tell us all about it when we meet up with him. Let's go."
***
We arrived at the Digital Bean fifteen minutes later. Miranda and I got a table and decided to wait until Gordo arrived until we ordered. We talked about school for a while then about the dance and what we hoped to but at the mall. Miranda said she was just going to go mostly for accessories; she was going to go all out. Just as I was about to tell her what I looked at getting, the door to the DB opened and in walked in Gordo, a moody look on his face, his hands shoved into his pockets. He spotted us and came over. He blew out a breath that he had obviously been holding for a while before he spoke to us.
"Sorry, I'm late. Had to get a ride from my Mum. She had just about left by the time I got out the door."
"It's ok. What do you guys want to drink? They're on me." I said smiling at my friends.
"If they're on you, I'll have a banana split with all the trimmings." Miranda said, smiling angelically at me.
I turned to Gordo expectantly.
"What? Oh right. Um I'll have a strawberry thick shake thanks Lizzie." Again I got the feeling that he was thinking of other things.
"Ok be right back." I said, making my way to the front counter.
"Hi Lizzie, what can I get you?" a voice behind the counter asked me. I looked up, wondering how the cashier could know my name to find Parker McKenzie looking at me.
"Oh hey Parker. Um a strawberry thick shake, a banana split with all the trimmings and a cookies and cream ice-cream thanks."
She turned to go get my order and so I turned back to look at my friends and I frowned when I saw them sitting right next to each other talking frantically.
***Miranda's PoV***
"Gordo!" I hissed at my other best friend. "You have to tell her! She knows something's going on and knowing Lizzie, she'll do anything she can to find out what it is. You can't keep this from her much longer."
"I have too, I can't tell her. It's just too hard."
"She's your best friend, you're girlfriend. She deserves to know."
***End Miranda's PoV***
I wonder what they're talking about? Oh well, I'm sure they'll tell me when I get there. I smiled at Parker and took our order and payed her. I walked slowly back over to our table. I could hear Miranda whisper a last sentence to Gordo but I didn't catch what it was.
"Here we go. Banana split with all the trimmings thanks a lot Miranda; you just drained me of my pocket money for another week! And a strawberry thick shake for my boy," I saw Miranda cringe so I smacked her lightly on the shoulder. "And my yummylicious cookies and cream."
"Hey, curly fries. I forgot all about them." Gordo suddenly piped up. I laughed at him then put on a serious expression.
"You don't honestly think we would give them to you before hand do you? This way, if we tell you that we'll give them to you after the shopping, you have to hang around. You don't get a say in the matter."
"Smarter than I give you credit for McGuire."
"Oh I know." I smiled as I licked at my ice cream."
***
Ok that chapter was longer that I usually make my chapters, but it was too short to break into two chapters. Fair enough? Good.
Nesserz.
"Just pick it up and throw it." I told her as I made it to my bed.
"What happened in here exactly?" she asked as she picked up a crumpled sweatshirt from the floor and held it between her fore finger and thumb and waving her free hand back and forth in front of her nose. I walked over and snatched it from her hand and tossed it over to the area where my laundry hamper used to be.I think it drowned in clothes.
"I um. Well I was trying to decide what to wear today. Let's just say it took me a while."
"No kidding," She said as she sat down on my desk chair. "So! The dance. Two days away! What are we going to wear?!" she said in a chipper voice.
"Dunno. I don't really have anything new.I'll have to mix and match." I said, pouring through the few clothes that were still on hangers in my closet.
"Or," she said, digging in her purse "We could go shopping!" she said producing a hand full of money.
"Where'd you get that?" I asked, astonished, looking at the wad of bills still in her hand.
"Early birthday present from my Nana in Mexico." She said shrugging.
"Cool!" I said. "Do you want to go now?" I asked looking at my watch.
"Do you have to ask?" she said leaping up from my bed.
"Wanna ask Gordo if he wants to come?"
"Sure, and if he says no tell him there are Curly Fries involved." She said grinning at me.
I picked up my phone and dialled his number.
"Hello?" I heard Mr Gordon's voice answer.
"Oh hi Mr Gordon. Can I speak to Gordo for a minute please? It's Lizzie."
"Oh hello Lizzie. Hang on a second and I'll get him for you."
"Thank you."
I waited for a few seconds and suddenly I heard some yelling in the background.
"No! That's it! I've had enough! Let go of me."
Then I heard a door slam. That's not the normal sort of noise you hear coming from the Gordon household. Then Gordo picked up a few seconds after that.
"Hey Lizzie, now's not really a good time. I-"
"Gordo? What's going on, I heard yelling? Is everything ok?"
Um Lizzie what do you want? I can't talk long."
"Oh, Miranda and I wanted to know if you wanted to come shopping with us. And a stop at the Digital Bean would be mandatory, don't worry. Curly Fries.you know."
"Right. When? Now?"
"Well, yeah, soon as possible I guess." He said. I could tell he had his mind on other things.
"Ok, I'll meet you there in 20 minutes? Bye."
"Ok see you-"
I stared at the phone receiver in my hand. Miranda walked over to me and frowned at me. "Everything ok?"
"He hung up on me. I heard yelling 'Randa. I think something's up."
"Well I'm sure Gordo will tell us all about it when we meet up with him. Let's go."
***
We arrived at the Digital Bean fifteen minutes later. Miranda and I got a table and decided to wait until Gordo arrived until we ordered. We talked about school for a while then about the dance and what we hoped to but at the mall. Miranda said she was just going to go mostly for accessories; she was going to go all out. Just as I was about to tell her what I looked at getting, the door to the DB opened and in walked in Gordo, a moody look on his face, his hands shoved into his pockets. He spotted us and came over. He blew out a breath that he had obviously been holding for a while before he spoke to us.
"Sorry, I'm late. Had to get a ride from my Mum. She had just about left by the time I got out the door."
"It's ok. What do you guys want to drink? They're on me." I said smiling at my friends.
"If they're on you, I'll have a banana split with all the trimmings." Miranda said, smiling angelically at me.
I turned to Gordo expectantly.
"What? Oh right. Um I'll have a strawberry thick shake thanks Lizzie." Again I got the feeling that he was thinking of other things.
"Ok be right back." I said, making my way to the front counter.
"Hi Lizzie, what can I get you?" a voice behind the counter asked me. I looked up, wondering how the cashier could know my name to find Parker McKenzie looking at me.
"Oh hey Parker. Um a strawberry thick shake, a banana split with all the trimmings and a cookies and cream ice-cream thanks."
She turned to go get my order and so I turned back to look at my friends and I frowned when I saw them sitting right next to each other talking frantically.
***Miranda's PoV***
"Gordo!" I hissed at my other best friend. "You have to tell her! She knows something's going on and knowing Lizzie, she'll do anything she can to find out what it is. You can't keep this from her much longer."
"I have too, I can't tell her. It's just too hard."
"She's your best friend, you're girlfriend. She deserves to know."
***End Miranda's PoV***
I wonder what they're talking about? Oh well, I'm sure they'll tell me when I get there. I smiled at Parker and took our order and payed her. I walked slowly back over to our table. I could hear Miranda whisper a last sentence to Gordo but I didn't catch what it was.
"Here we go. Banana split with all the trimmings thanks a lot Miranda; you just drained me of my pocket money for another week! And a strawberry thick shake for my boy," I saw Miranda cringe so I smacked her lightly on the shoulder. "And my yummylicious cookies and cream."
"Hey, curly fries. I forgot all about them." Gordo suddenly piped up. I laughed at him then put on a serious expression.
"You don't honestly think we would give them to you before hand do you? This way, if we tell you that we'll give them to you after the shopping, you have to hang around. You don't get a say in the matter."
"Smarter than I give you credit for McGuire."
"Oh I know." I smiled as I licked at my ice cream."
***
Ok that chapter was longer that I usually make my chapters, but it was too short to break into two chapters. Fair enough? Good.
Nesserz.